Tropical reforestation is among the most powerful tools for carbon sequestration. Yet, climate
change impacts on productivity are often not accounted for when estimating its mitigation …

Mangrove ecosystem is one of coastal wetlands that have experienced significant
anthropogenic driven degradation and conversion, which have resulted in substantial …

Restoration of forests in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) has the potential to
contribute to international carbon mitigation targets. However, high upfront costs and …

The Allerton Park workshop essentially defined landscape ecology as a field of study that
cuts across multiple natural and social sciences (Risser et al. 1984). The report on the …

Land use is known to affect water quality yet the impact it has on aquatic microbial
communities in tropical systems is poorly understood. We used 16S metabarcoding to …

Aim Tropical forest succession and associated changes in community composition are
driven by species demographic rates, but how demographic strategies shift during …

Finding suitable tree species that not only grow well on nutrient poor soils but are also safe
financial investments is one of the major obstacles to successful reforestation efforts in the …

Large areas of the Panama Canal Watershed have been converted to monocultures of teak
(Tectona grandis), a non-native timber species that is generally not providing hoped-for …

Tropical forests are responsible for the highest rates of soil respiration globally. As the
natural regeneration of secondary forest becomes increasingly widespread in the tropics …

Amazon rainforests are critical for providing a wide range of ecosystem services. In the
Southeastern Peruvian Amazon; however, goldmining activities are causing severe soil …